The Accident – Ismail Kadare (translated by John Hodgson)

Billed as an Albanian crime novel, I’ve struggled the time shifting and uncertainty in this novel, and in particular the seemingly disfunctional relationship between the two main characters – are they a genuine couple, or not? Is Besfort Y a war criminal, or not? Is Rovena his high class call girl, or not? Has she always been, or not? Unfortunately, I don’t care about either of them nor their obsession with one another, certainly not enough to continue reading further – I’m abandoning The Accident at the end of chapter 12.

Publisher page: The Accident – Ismail Kadare (translated by John Hodgson)